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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with topics related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in blended learning technology enable people in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to consider now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Public servants want to grasp how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this demand for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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